BREAKING: Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in murder case made famous by 'Serial' podcast.
"At this time, we will remove the shackles from Mr. Syed," Phinn declared after announcing her decision from the bench.
Lee's family had appealed Syed's overturned conviction, saying Mosby's office neglected to provide them adequate notice to attend the hearing. The family asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to pause the proceeding while the court considered their appeal. In a motion filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court last month, prosecutors said that a nearly yearlong investigation conducted in collaboration with Syed's defense attorney had uncovered information pointing to the possible involvement of two "alternative suspects" as well as key evidence that didn't come up at the original trial.Their motion detailed how one of the two suspects at one point threatened to kill Lee and both had documented records of violence toward women.
"We believe that keeping Mr. Syed detained as we continue to investigate the case with everything that we know now, when we do not have confidence in results of the first trial, would be unjust," Mosby said.
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